Please reassure me!!!!!!!!

RELAX ....you are not going crazy nor are you a schizophrenic (Sp)
YOU are fine you have A/P disorder
yes you are OCD but I am severe OCD and I will over react to some things especially if its to do with the ones I care about and my family ........

Dont fear this hun you are neither I can tell you that it just was a noise and perhaps was sounding like whistling or whatever but NO you are not either okay
Stay strong and know we are here for you always
Lyn

I tell you what Worrier - when I told my assessor about me jumping at sounds he totally understood. I also told him that I hear things which he said was quite normal (mines usually just sounds or snatches of voice etc... never deciphered words) you are not crazy

worrier, i went thru that phase once for many months and i

wouldn't even believe the docs and nurses who assured me i wasn't going schizophrenic.

I was so freaked out about it that i even went out and bought a book on schizophrenia (i had an uncle who was schizophrenic and i believed that it could run in families).. This was before the internet.

From what i've been told about schizophrenia is that you normally hear  voices, not sounds. The voices are often commanding and loud like they are talking in your ear. You would easily make out what they are saying.

 

Relax you ........
It can be in some families but thats with SEVERE mental illnesses from my experience and yes Schizophrenia usually more than not is voices and not sounds .......I hear sounds all the time and will out right ask daughter what was that lol and she says " What?", then I know it was just Momma going off again lol
Smile you are not crazy ...........please
Thanks for the compliment BTW much appreciated
Lyn

lol so true Nervy so true
I block out hubby too lol

CBT has done great for me as well
There is a free online one let me know if you want to have the link okay
take care
Lyn

Definately dont think you are going crazy. I know the more off I am with the A/P and depression the more I hear. I get really paranoid when I hear noises and I am easily spooked.

Hi worrier, have you asked a psychologist or psychiatrist if you are schizo? Don't be scared. They are trained in making that diagnosis. It sounds like ANXIETY but I think that you need to develop a strong working relationship with a psychologist whom you trust. When you see her/him you can ask them all of your questions about the things you are worried about and when they give you an answer -- give yourself permission to accept the answer and to relax. I'm sure that you are OK but I hope for you to learn ways to be more comfortable with life and that is what the therapist can help you with. You will be OK.

Thanks guys for all the responses!!  I have been fine the past few days (because it was the weekend) and i didn't clue into any noises-so i think i bring all this on on my own!  Lyn, I would like that website please!!  i purchased the book Brainlock by Jeffrey Swartz which deals with CBT.  It's to help get over OCD.  Once i get worried over a thought, my mind stays thinking about it FOREVER, and it's so frustrating!!!!!!  I've noticed that when i'm at work, that's when my mind does the thinking and i get panicked, etc.  i have not been happy at work for months, but i'm waiting to get through the holidays before making any sudden career changes.  I think that may be the root to my anxiety.

Hi worrier,

I had that big problem before, but it went away when I stoped thinking about it. I used to hear things, but that was because I was trying hard to listen to the lowest noise. Sometimes that noice was coming from outside. There were times when I would try to hear people speaking at the same time; I would concentrate so hard on that crazy sound.

Look... what you have is "FEAR". You're using all of your sences(hearing, looking, feeling) to conclude if you're crazy. I overcame that fear, and if I did it, you could do it too.
I do still have other issues I have to become. It's too imbarassing for me to mention it here. I focus on crazy things, because I have fear of going crazy. I'm trying really hard to woman-up, and grow out of it.
As I mentioned before, I haven't seen a doctor about it, because I don't think they can help me. First I have to try and help myself for my 2 children, my job, and my happiness.
Something tells me that we pretty much dwell on the same crazy things, but like I said, the "hearing Voices Problem" is just in your head because you're afraid of it.
---You have to be strong and fight it.

I forgot to mention...

There were times when the house would be very quiet and I would hear something.

I would get scared as hell thinking that I was hearing things.  I used interupt other peoples conversation and say.... "Did you hear that Sound?".

What made me feel better was that I would say things to myself, everytime I herd a funny sound. Things such as...

"That probably was the door"

"That sound was most likely from outside"

You know... things like that.

After playing these mind games with yourself, you would eventually believe them.  :)

TRUST ME!!!